IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager

The IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Installation and User's Guide contains information about installing and configuring the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) feature for your BladeCenter unit.

Topics in this manual include:

A description of the BOFM feature
Planning for installation of the BOFM feature
Configuration
Using the basic and advanced BOFM features
Troubleshooting BOFM

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Introduction
IBM® BladeCenter® Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) is a solution that enables you to quickly replace and recover blades in your environment.
Overview
This topic provides a technical overview of BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, including the configuration file and the standby AMM.
Preparing for BOFM
To prepare your environment for BOFM, you must upgrade the firmware of the AMMs and blades, including the BMC, BIOS, and additional expansion cards in your environment. In addition, optimum use of BOFM requires that you setup your blade environment to boot from SAN.
Basic BOFM
This topic describes how to install, configure, and use Basic BOFM.
Advanced BOFM
This topic describes how to install and use Advanced BOFM.
Solving problems
This topic provides basic troubleshooting information to help you solve some common problems.
BOFM To IBM Fabric Manager Migration
This chapter summarizes the steps necessary to migrate an existing, licensed BOFM Advanced configuration to a licensed IBM Fabric Manager (IFM) configuration.